I see that the airport has quietly published its passenger numbers for 2010.
589,180 passengers used the airport last year, a drop of just under 3% from 2009 and a drop of 6.5% from the record year in 2008. It was the fourth busiest ever year at the airport after 2006, 2008 and 2009.
Not bad going considering a number of factors would have had an adverse impact on passenger figures at all airports in this part of the world last year. Despite the upcoming loss of the Dublin route in July, I'd be confident that the airport will see an increase in passenger numbers next year with the four new scheduled routes, maybe not to 2008 levels but possibly not too far off them.